3:04 PM,
Apr. 7, 2013

Impress your mom, as well as the rest of the family and friends, by making the perfect Eggs Benedict.

Written by

Scott Swartz
For the Poughkeepsie Journal

If there were an ultimate brunch food it would be eggs Benedict. Tens of thousands will be prepared in restaurants when Mother's Day rolls around this spring.

Urban legend tells us that Mrs. LeGrand Benedict, a regular patron of New York City's renowned Delmonico's restaurant, grew tired of the restaurant's breakfast menu and asked for something new. Chef Charles Ranhofer went on to create "Eufa à la Benedick," which he published in his cookbook "The Epicurean" in 1893.

Another story gives credit to Oscar Tschirky, who was maître d' at Delmonico's and the Waldorf-Astoria at about the same ...